So much for Ferrari’s complaints about ‘taxi-cab driving’. The Bahrain Grand Prix proved a hit with fans, recording the fourth-highest score on Rate the Race since it began in 2008.
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Malaysian Grand Prix fails to excite
2014 Malaysian Grand Prix Rate the Race result
Posted onAfter an average start to the season in Australia the Rate the Race score for round two in Malaysia went down instead of up.
Second race at COTA gets much lower rating
2013 United States Grand Prix
Posted onLast year’s United States Grand Prix was one of the highest-rated races of the season. But F1’s second visit to the Circuit of the Americas failed to recapture that high.
Dull Abu Dhabi Grand Prix gets very low rating
2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Posted onWhile last year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was the highest-rated race of the season, this year’s received one of the lowest scores we’ve seen in Rate the Race.
This year’s Indian Grand Prix voted best so far
2013 Indian Grand Prix
Posted onThe third Indian Grand Prix received a considerably better rating than the two before it, scoring an average of 6.5 out of 10 from F1 Fanatic readers.
Japanese Grand Prix gets average rating for 2013
2013 Japanese Grand Prix
Posted onAn average rating of 7.3 out of 10 put the Japanese Grand Prix in the middle of the races so far this year on the scores table.
Hectic Korean Grand Prix gets above average rating
2013 Korean Grand Prix
Posted onThe Korean Grand Prix got the highest rating from F1 Fanatic readers since the British round back in June.
Second-lowest ever rating for Singapore Grand Prix
2013 Singapore Grand Prix
Posted onThe Singapore Grand Prix was the third race in a row rated less than six out of ten by F1 Fanatic readers.
Race rating slump continues at Italian Grand Prix
2013 Italian Grand Prix
Posted onThe Italian Grand Prix, like the previous race in Belgium, did not get a high score from F1 Fanatic readers in Rate the Race.
Belgian Grand Prix gets lowest rating yet in 2013
2013 Belgian Grand Prix
Posted onSpa-Francorchamps may be a favourite venue for drivers and fans but this year’s race was no classic and earned the lowest average rating so far.
Hungarian GP rated among top three races so far
2013 Hungarian Grand Prix
Posted onThis year’s Hungarian Grand Prix was rated as one of the better races at the Hungaroring by F1 Fanatic readers.
Down-to-the-wire German GP gets positive rating
2013 German Grand Prix
Posted onThe German Grand Prix scored a positive rating of 7.6 out of 10 from F1 Fanatic readers after the battle for victory went down to the last lap.
Good rating for British GP despite tyre chaos
2013 British Grand Prix
Posted onThe British Grand Prix received a positive rating from fans despite a series of dangerous tyre failures which nearly led to its stoppage.
Glamorous Monaco fails to gain high rating
2013 Monaco Grand Prix
Posted onIt’s the most-hyped race on the Formula One calendar but this year’s Monaco Grand Prix failed to gain a high rating from F1 Fanatic readers.
Spanish Grand Prix gets lowest rating of 2013 so far
2013 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onThe 2013 Spanish Grand Prix provoked fresh debate over whether Pirelli’s ‘designed-to-degrade’ tyres have gone too far.
Bahrain rated best race of the year so far
2013 Bahrain Grand Prix
Posted onF1’s annual visit to Bahrain remains a bone of contention but this year’s race was rated the best of the first four grands prix so far this season.
Fun or artifical? Mixed views in China Rate the Race
2013 Chinese Grand Prix
Posted onThe debate over whether F1 is becoming too artificial continued to rage in the latest Rate the Race results.
Team orders row dominates Malaysia Rate the Race
2013 Malaysian Grand Prix
Posted onThere’s no mistaking what the major talking point of the Malaysian Grand Prix was for most F1 Fanatic readers.